| Tessera (tessera) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||Tes"se*ra |
| ; pl.
Tesseræ (#). [L., a square piece, a die. See
Tessellar.] |
A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the
like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for
mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes;
also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of
admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and
as a token for various other purposes.
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